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(No Model.) F. J. LIPPITT.

SHOE FASTENING.

No. 249,961; Patented NOV-'22, 1881.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SHOE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 249,961, dated November 22, 1881,

Application filed October 1, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS J. LIPPITI, a citizen of the United States, resident of Washington, in the county of Washingtonand Dis- 5 trict of Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Shoe-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference 10 being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective view of my improved clasp in '15 a closed position. Fig. 2 is a similarview, the

clasp being thrown open. Fig. 3 isa sectional view of the clasp. Figs. 4, 5, and 7 are detail views of different parts thereof, and Fig. 6 is a modification.

This invention has relation to shoe-fastenings; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of a clasp havingslotted eyes and a finger-piece, and a keeper having studs or a single stud for engaging the slotted eyes 2 5 in the clasp, the clasp and keeper being secured to the flaps that cover the instep of the shoe, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying o drawings, A designates the shoe; B and O, the

flaps which cover-the instep.

D designates a clasp, preferablyof oval form, although it may be in the form ofa metal strap, as shown in Fig. 6, provided with slotted eyes 5 E. In the oval or rounded form the clasp D is made of two plates, at and b, with a space between them, the plate b being provided with one or more sets of slotted eyes, E, for thereception of astud or studs, G, rising from the keeper 0 H, secured to the flap G of the shoe. The clasp Dis secured to the flap B of the shoe, and is provided with a finger-piece, I, for manipulatgi In. .1.

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eyes may be employed in a set. Where more than one set of slotted eyes are used the object is to give greater bearing-surface, and the double plate is to cover the heads of the studs and render the clasp more ornamental, as it may be nickel-plated or silver-plated, as the wearer may desire.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 consists of a single strip of steel, either plated or not, as may be desired, having a single set of slotted eyes and a finger-piece, and the keeper, in this instance, has only one stud, which projects through one or the other of the slotted eyes,

as may be necessary.

The fastening may be duplicated or tripled to take the place of buttons or lacings, as will be readily observed. Besides being ornamental, the fastening is cheap, efficient, and durable, and may be transferred from one pair of shoes to another.

A clasp or button-fastening slotted to receive a stud is not new, and is not broadly claimed hereinafter. A lever-plate attached to a bracing-frame, a pin having projecting lugs with an intermediate recess, and a clasp-plate have been combined in a pocket-book for looking it. In this instance protection is asked only for the construction hereinafter specifically claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a shoe-fastening, the combination of clasp D, provided with the slotted eyes E, the finger-piece I, and keeper H, having the stud Gr, constructed as described, and adapted for attachment to the flaps or quarters of shoes substantially as shown.

In testimony that 1 claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

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